Mercer County Commission to discuss Southern Regional Jail lawsuit at Tuesday meeting

PRINCETON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Mercer County Commissioners will discuss an array of planned agenda items during Tuesday’s regular session meeting including an announcement pertaining to a Southern Regional Jail lawsuit.

The meeting of the Mercer County Commission is set to begin at 10:00am on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, and will see various agenda items touched on. These will include items within categorical subsections such as appointments and oaths of office, contracts/agreements/resolutions, estates, and funding requests.

Agenda items of interested scheduled to see discussion during the session include updates pertaining the Mercer County Spay Neuter Clinic to be addressed by Commissioner Gene Buckner, a coyote warning for Mercer County to be addressed by Commission President Bill Archer , and more.

The full agenda for Tuesday’s meeting of the Mercer County Commission can be seen below.

COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING
TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2024 –10:00 A.M.

AGENDA
OPEN WITH PRAYER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING

APPOINTMENTS/OATHS OF OFFICE
Mercer County Courthouse Maintenance Dept
Employment & Oath of Office
Full-Time Evening Shift Custodians
Rebecca Davis, Cynthia Najar

Mercer Day Report Center
Employment & Oath of Office
Todd Gillespie, DRC Officer

Bluewell Public Service District
Appointment & Oath of Office
Ricky Duncan, Board Member

CONTRACTS/AGREEMENTS/RESOLUTIONS : – Development Authority of Mercer County
Resolution regarding the setting of a public hearing date with respect to the proposed addition of certain parcels to The Ridges Economic Opportunity Development District to be created in Mercer County, West Virginia (the “Development District”) and thereby amend the originally approved boundaries of the Development District.
Jordan Maynor, Mercer County EDA

Mercer County Abandoned Gas Wells
H. Truman Chafin, Esq.

Mercer County Dilapidated Structures
MOU Grant Agreement between Mercer
County Commission and the Town of Athens,
Bramwell, and Oakvale.
Lori Mills, DLAP Officer

Bluefield State University
International Initiatives
United Nations Day-October 26, 2024
Sudhakar Jamkhandi, Ph.D., Director

ESTATES
Jeanne C. Ameli
Patricia R. Burrell
Acie Roland Gearhart
Lorna Sharon Ingram

FUNDING REQUESTS
Alliance for Economic Development of
Southern West Virginia
Small Communities, Big Solutions Conference
Greg Puckett, Commissioner

Glenwood Recreation Park
Estimates for Outbuildings

DISCUSSION:
Regional Jail Bill- Invoice Municipalities
Bill Archer, President

Glenwood Recreation Park Updates
Greg Puckett, Commissioner

Mercer County Spay Neuter Clinic Updates
Gene Buckner, Commissioner

Brush Creek Sites 14 & 15
Rehabilitation Projects
Bill Archer, President

Bank Interest Rates for Opioid &
JUUL Settlements
Gene Buckner, Commissioner

Mercer Day Report Center
Personnel Matters
Michelle Stewart, Executive Director

PUBLIC COMMENTS:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Southern Regional Jail Lawsuit
Bill Archer, Commissioner

Mercer County Coyote Warning
Bill Archer, President

COMMISSION TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING:
1. Invoices
2. Settlements
3. Exonerations
4. List of Approved Estates for July 2024